C.U. Vita
C.A. Ullrich Vita
EDUCATION
July 1995:
Ph.D. in Physics, University of Wurzburg, Germany
Thesis Advisor: Prof. E. K. U. Gross
Thesis topic: Time-dependent density-functional approach to atoms in strong laser pulses
July 1992:
Diplom in Physics, University of Wurzburg, Germany
Thesis Advisor: Prof. E. K. U. Gross
Thesis topic: Gradient expansion for superconductors
May 1990:
M.S. in Physics, State University of New York at Albany
PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT
September 2023 - present: Curators' Distinguished Professor, University of Missouri-Columbia
September 2013 - August 2023: Professor of Physics, University of Missouri-Columbia
September 2007 - August 2013: Associate Professor of Physics, University of Missouri-Columbia
January 2005 - August 2007: Assistant Professor of Physics University of Missouri-Columbia
August 2001 - December 2004: Assistant Professor of Physics University of Missouri-Rolla
September 2000 - July 2001: Visiting post-doctoral research associate, iQUEST, University of California, Santa Barbara
Supervisors: Prof. Michael Flatte and Prof. Giovanni Vignale
September 1999 - August 2000: Visiting post-doctoral research associate, ITP, University of California, Santa Barbara
Supervisor: Prof. Walter Kohn
January 1997 - August 1999: Post-doctoral research associate University of Missouri-Columbia
Supervisor: Prof. Giovanni Vignale
November 1995 - December 1996: Postdoctoral research associate CERFACS and Universite Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France
Supervisor: Prof. Eric Suraud
HONORS
Fellow of the American Physical Society (2015)
NSF CAREER Award (2005)
Cottrell Scholar Award, Research Corporation (2004)
MU Chancellor’s Award for Outstanding Research and Creative Activity (2014)
MU Provost Outstanding Junior Faculty Research and Creativity Award (2007)
MU Physics Alumni Award (2019 and 2008)
Outstanding Reviewer for Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter (2017)
Top Reviewer for the Journal of Chemical Physics (2016)
American Physical Society Outstanding Referee Award (2009)